Book two in the Family Of Thunder series.

Al'rashal and Urkjorman are back. This time they are in swamp full of menace and danger hunting for something more precious than life. The Urdrail swamp will not just test them in body but in soul. What will Al and Urk choose when their faith in themselves and their faith in each other is tested. Can monsters ever have the kind of stable loving relationships that others know and when one of them falls prey to a deadly poison what then? The clock is on, a cure must be found, a monster must be slain and even if they survive the tests of the Urdrail there is no guarantee their relationship will.